After Xbox revealed over twenty new games and more console details, Electronic Arts steps into the light at E3. Expect tons of sports games and hopefully a few surprises. Maybe some news from Lucas Arts? or from Bioware? Cross your fingers. Keep refreshing!
- Conference called "The Download." Eleven new games will be profiled for the PS4 and Xbox One. Here is your link.
- Game #1: Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warefare created by Popcap. Newer version of a mobile game that is coming first to Xbox One and then PS4. Developers start off by showing us the new survival mode. Game developers are controlling plants and shooting zombies. This is as silly as it sounds. The Catcus character is the sniper who shoots needles. The first "boss" zombie they face is a disco zombie who repeatably dances and spins as he attacks. Next "boss" we have is a giant zombie and then one that looks like Frankenstein. They also announced Peggle 2. Pretty cool how they have classes depicted by different plants. Close quarters, sniper, assault and more.
- Game #2: Titanfall by Respawn Entertainment. As profiled at the Xbox One press conference, we are now receiving a more in depth look at the game. Developers are speaking directly about their experience of making the game and providing an explanation to the game's universe. Mech's are extension of your character. "Titan vs Titan (Mech vs Mech) could be its own game while so could the wall running, pilot vs pilot combat." Multiplayer driven story campaign.
- Descriptions of the newest programs and technologies utilized by EA. EA's IGNITE engine as well as DICE's FROSTBITE 3. Lots of money poured into these engines.
- Game #11 (apparently): Star Wars: Battlefront just made a cameo on screen using the Frostbite engine. Yes. No gameplay shown... Just a short cutscene with what appeared to be the Battle of Hoth. Here is the video.
- Game #3: Need for Speed: Rivals is the ultimate rivalry between racers and police. Graphics look good but no where near those of Forza. Different audience I suppose. Tablet integration allows a heads up display of the track and environment ahead, kind of like a GPS. Multiplayer allows racers to go head to head with police in the ultimate showdown. Need for Speed, the movie is now being shown. The drug dealer guy from Breaking Bad stars in the movie. Sorry, I forgot his name, good actor though. Hopefully this movie doesn't ruin his career. Judging by the comments on our live stream, no one cares and everyone wants to see Battlefront.
- Game #4: Dragon Age: Inquisition by Bioware. "The Next Generation of RPGs." The clip, entitled "Fires Above," is being shown now. Graphics are pretty good. Looks like a new direction and feeling for Dragon Age, just my opinion though.
- Head of EA Sports is now taking the stage. All games powered by EA IGNITE engine. AI's will have human like intelligence, arenas will be more real
- Game #5: NBA Live 14 finally makes a comeback. After years of being terrible and overshadowed by 2k Sports NBA franchise. They will have a time competing with them. Kyrie Irving is now on stage after a short poem by a very electric speaker. Tell us Kyrie, "why is dribbling so important to your game?" Jesus EA, please... That's something that will be mocked immediately and for years to come. Speaking about dribbling, the BounceTek technology incorporated in NBA Live. Couldn't exactly tell you what it does. Has to do with stylize play more to how each NBA player actually plays. NBA Live will be a new experience every time you pick up the controller with constant updates on player status and more.
- Game #6: Madden 14 - 25th anniversary. More technology such as Player Sense that enables quicker reactions that make gameplay more realistic. "War in the Trenches" represents a new dedication to linemen in the new Madden. Unit coordination and more realistic blitz packages. Just showed a visor on Marshawn Lynch's helmet (BEAST MODE) that looked very cool. Adrian Peterson is your cover guy. Let's hope he doesn't have a terrible year. Not going to lie, it still doesn't look much different than years past.
- Game #7: FIFA 14 continues the biggest blockbuster in the EA Sports empire. Barcelona players are discussing their passion for the game. Impressive list. For some reason, Drake is now on stage. I'm certainly confused. He's talking about his passion for soccer and FIFA. I'm glad we get to know Drake's thoughts on the EA development team and how hard they work. "Living Stadiums" feature will enable players to feel how stadiums affect gameplay. Better precision movement features, more realistic technique from AI's and more. Looks just as good. Living stadium feature could be a game changer when I choose my team. Fully playable version at E3 this week. That's a nice touch.
- Game #8: UFC announcer on stage with Jon Paul Jones, Benson Henderson and Dana White. EA announcing partnership with "fastest growing sport in the world" and their new game UFC. Realistic fighting techniques and more. Now playing a trailer to promote the game praising fighting as the first real sport. Releasing in Spring 2014, it will be interesting to see how the game will incorporate the Kinect. That would be pretty hilarious if you had teenagers vigorously air punching their TV while rolling on the floor.
- Game #9: Battlefield 4 is back after its introduction at the Xbox One press conference. Let's reiterate, 64 player battles on consoles. No longer will PC gamers hold that over console gamers' heads. Multiplayer demo being shown on the map entitled "Shanghai." Map appears to actually be the city of Shanghai as players fly in on a helicopter between buildings. Commander feature allows you to broadcast to all players on your team. Tablet integration enables you to give orders and see the enemy kind of like a UAV. Vehicular combat looks smooth. The guy playing on the tablet just launched artillery on the enemy. This could add an entirely new dimension to my workdays. The squad playing, who was in a large skyscraper, had to jump out as it collapsed. Skyscrapers are apparently collapse-able. Couple that with blowing up roads to stop tanks and more. Destructible environments seem to have taken a step forward.
- Game #10: Mirrors Edge 2 coming from the DICE team. Short gameplay clip shown as Faith runs around and kicks ass.
- They said eleven games so I will just include Battlefront in that list. Overall, lots of gameplay shown which I am happy about. Sports games look more of the same but Titanfall, Battlefield 4 and a short clip from Battlefront stole the show. Battlefront is trending on Twitter ahead of all these other games they actually showed. The crowd went ballistic for the video which is linked above. Battlefront being displayed alone made EA's conference a success in my eyes. More later when Station 1621 presents its wrap up post. Sony and other conferences are still to come so check back to the station often.
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